A Mega Millions ticket sold at a CVS in Newport Beach, California, matched five numbers in Friday’s drawing, winning over $5.1 million.
The ticket, sold at the CVS located at Jasmine Avenue and Coast Highway in the Corona del Mar neighborhood, matched the numbers 34, 38, 42, 44, and 69, but missed the mega ball number 8. This win marks one of the largest non-jackpot Mega Millions prizes in California since 2015, thanks to a built-in 2X multiplier that doubled the prize value.
According to the California Lottery, the odds of matching the first five numbers and winning a second-place prize are 1 in 12,629,232. The prize is valued at $5,104,960, and the winner has yet to come forward to claim it. Lottery officials will not know the identity of the winner until a claim is filed…